NEW YORK TIMES DAILY CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 ___ for apples (have some fall fun) 4 Start of the

day, in poetry 8 Emmy or

Grammy

13 Prefix with

center

14 Off-limits

15 Jazz great

Count ___

16 Chicken piece that’s not a breast or a wing

17 Come up

18 Director

Welles

19 The 2005 compilation “Killer Queen” is one honoring Queen

22 Guided adventure in the Serengeti 23 Drill sergeant’s

“Relax!”

27 Chemistry

lab device

31 Doesn’t have 34 Attempts

35 “___ Te Ching” (philosophical text)

36 Jazz great

Fitzgerald

37 Sounds from new instant messages 38 Basic origami step

39 U.S. spy org. 40 Who might grant you three wishes 41 Present, past or future perfect

42 Topper for a Whopper

45 Liveliness, from the French

46 Flower that vanilla comes from

50 Classic song about a soulmate ... or a phonetic hint for repeated pairs of letters in 19-, 27- and 42-Across

54 Fashion label from Milan

57 ___ donna 58 “Why was 6 afraid of 7? Because 7 ___ 9!”

59 Sun-related 60 No longer available, as a seat

61 Bit of body

ink, for short 62 Rats (on)

63 Kerfuffle

64 General on a Chinese menu

DOWN

1 Straps that go around the waist

2 “La Bohème” or “La Traviata”

3 It’s very unlikely to happen

4 Actor/comedian Steve

5 8-Across for some New York plays

6 Civil rights icon ___ Parks

7 Christmas carol

8 Information header on a business’s website

9 Higher in

temperature 10 ___-backwards (utterly wrong, in slang)

11 ___ de Janeiro 12 Thieves’

hangout

14 Ford model that’s also a zodiac sign 20 Loaf-shaped

cake

21 Innocent sorts “in the woods”

24 Playwright

Chekhov 25 Makes watertight, say

26 Wear away 28 Attack, as a bee might 29 Muppet who loves his rubber duckie 30 Neighbor of Mali

31 Milk, in Spanish

32 Buffalo Bill, for William Cody

33 Gripping tool 37 Capital of Western Australia

38 Engage in épée, e.g.

40 Things with necks and frets

41 Head covering that’s wrapped 43 ___ shower (pre-wedding event)

44 One born shortly after WWII, informally

47 Hotel chain whose name rhymes with “quiet”

48 Scintillas

49 Because of 51 Many NYC dwellings: Abbr.

52 “Oh, nerts!” 53 Kind of bar with islandthemed drinks

54 Winter hrs. in L.A.

55 Fish eggs

56 “___ roads lead to Rome”